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Huffman coding

Huffman coding noun: an entropy-encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression, involving a variable-length code table derived from the estimated probability of occurrence of each symbol (so that more frequent symbols take less space to store).

Noun

Huffman coding (countable and uncountable, plural Huffman codings)

  1. An entropy-encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression, involving a variable-length code table derived from the estimated probability of occurrence of each symbol (so that more frequent symbols take less space to store).
    • In Huffman coding, shorter code-words are assigned to more frequent symbols so that the average code-length is reduced.2018, Keshab K. Parhi, Takao Nishitami, editors, Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN

Forms of Huffman coding

pluralHuffman codings

Origin of Huffman coding

Named after its inventor David A. Huffman (1925–1999).

Questions about Huffman coding

What does Huffman coding mean?
Huffman coding means an entropy-encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression, involving a variable-length code table derived from the estimated probability of occurrence of each symbol (so that more frequent symbols take less space to store).
What part of speech is Huffman coding?
Huffman coding is a noun.
What is the plural of Huffman coding?
The plural of Huffman coding is Huffman codings.

Words near Huffman coding in the dictionary

  1. Hufflepuffish
  2. Hufflepuffs
  3. huffler
  4. hufflers
  5. Huffman
  6. Huffman coding
  7. Huffman codings
  8. Huffmaster
  9. Huffmasters
  10. Hufford
  11. Huffords

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